Annapurna Vishwanathan joins Airbus as VP head of IM & Digital

MUMBAI: Airbus has appointed Annapurna Vishwanathan as vice president, head of IM & Digital, India and south Asia. She previously served as CIO at Cummins India and has worked at Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, GE Digital, and GE Corporate in various digital and technology-focused roles.

At Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, she was head of digital, managing technology initiatives. At GE Digital, she was senior director of product software engineering, overseeing global product development and critical systems. She also worked on digital transformation at GE Corporate as IT transformation manager.

Her earlier experience at GE Corporate includes roles as senior team manager for sourcing systems, IT PMO for global operations finance, and corporate audit staff. She began her career at Atos Origin as a trainee programmer and was part of GE’s Information Management Leadership Program (IMLP).